Mattyblue

Unfortunately as we’ve seen on this board there’s a hardcore that have this real issue with the Blackburn End, to the extent where some even talk about stopping going over moving. Bizarre, especially with this team so deserving our support, but there you go.

Two main problems with it - 1) More than half of the league will bring Brentford/Reading esque followings - that’s a hell of a lot of empty seats in an enormous stand. 2) By not helping sort out a new home for the Darwen Enders, you’ve got 500 folk dispersed around 3 stands, so won’t really improve the atmosphere in any of them. But not sure how you can tell the atmosphere is worse from the highlights? The team got the crowd going with their effort and will to win, fans love to see it.

No idea, probably only so many permutations they can add to the fixture list, so some will be actually random.

Never change Vinners!

http://www.uptheclarets.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32078&sid=62ba134b8c0d4d95fb91b1be5be659db Aye get shut, sure you’ll find someone to have you up there AND play football ‘the right way’

They wore it at Bournemouth yesterday, nowt to do with being ‘change’ kits anymore, simply a money spinner, they’ll just wear it away instead of their home shirt.

Moving three of your Saturday 3pm fixtures just so your team can have more rest (first one being early September!) isn’t something I’ve ever heard before and is setting something of a precedent, no?

Awful game? Was it hell! Two committed teams, and I’ve not been prouder of a Rovers side for years.

85 miles? Which route do you take?

Ribble Valley somewhere, wasn’t it?

Oh I think they’ve every chance for top 6, they’ve been knocking on the door for a while, but are they top 2 material? Are they as swashbuckling as Fulham were? With players as good as Cairney, Mitrovic and Sessegnon? Not sure myself.

He was comparing them to Fulham last season, apart from residing in the west of London, can’t see that comparison myself...

Decent enough side, but a few top half Championship finishes instead of their usual lower leagues existence and their fans seem to think they are some kind of purveyors of the beautiful game: http://www.griffinpark.org/forums/showthread.php?t=130677

I do find the Championship generally far more interesting than the PL, much more evenly matched - an actual competition in which a load of clubs start the season hoping for success and not mere survival. However, where do I want Blackburn Rovers to be? For £100 million reasons, the Premier League.

I’d say the ref let plenty go, which I don’t mind, well apart the hack on Rothwell that sent him six foot in the air.

Not the reason according to their official site: ‘The above fixtures have been moved to aid the team’s recovery and alleviate fixture congestion.’ https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/changes-to-city-s-championship-calendar/

Tidy enough side Brentford and our relentless attitude out of possession may have subdued them, but I’m not sure they are this good, Mowbray quote: ‘The manner of it - playing against a really good football team. A team that I'm pretty sure will finish in the top six, if not in the top two, come the end of the season. ‘

No arguments there!

We need to remember what damage the Coyle debacle did. We lost 3,000 season ticket holders in one summer on the back of his appointment - meaning a standard crowd with a low away support was just passing 10,000. That standard crowd is now 12,000, not brilliant but it’s 2k up, perhaps it would have been more without a 17% hike in prices. This team derserves more undoubtably, but we need to remember how low our base was after McDonut and how it is so easy to lose fans but how bloody hard it is to get them back.

End of the day, Mowbray made the decision to make a then 20/21 year old his first choice - as good as he is, it’s very young for a keeper. So, unfortunately we will see him make mistakes, the Blackburn Rovers of old would probably still have him out on loan somewhere, but we aren’t that club anymore and we will just have to watch him develop whilst in the first team.

‘Rovers fans need a scapegoat’ Rovers fans are no different than any other set of fans. Some players get an easier ride than others, but it is usually due to their historical performance.

It’s an interesting one, because I imagined our crowd would be lower, but I think winter rounds will be terrible. It may even hit season tickets next season, once folk get used to every night match being on TV, plus the handful of our weekend home games that are live, and fans will always have certain weekend games throughout a season they can’t get to for one reason or another, people may think ‘is my season ticket worth it when I miss some anyway and I can watch a third of them on TV?’

It’s banned and rightly so for me, if it gets to the stage where even 3pm Saturday games are legally available then crowds really will nosedive.

Aye, I imagine that 'Mill Hill New Order' flag that I've seen knocking about is part of that.

It's one bloke's opinion on a messageboard, how does that make Raya a scapegoat?